Anyone who starts a flock because they’ve been dreaming about backyard chickens pecking in the yard will likely be happy with ...

The cat keeps making it a habit of laying on the eggs that the chickens lay around the barnyard,” the farmer says, “adding ...

Adult chickens start laying eggs around six months old ... Your birds will face backyard aggressors (racoons, dogs, cats, vermin, and other wildlife) and your coop needs to keep them out, and ...

While backyard hens may offer a solution during nationwide egg shortages, it’s unlikely they will save people money.

The holdup of the cat report coincided with an interruption ... in nine states have resulted in the loss of 26.8 million egg-laying birds. The pressure of lost poultry is having a direct effect ...

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There are a lot of things to consider before committing to a backyard flock — among them that it will take a while to recoup ...

Otherwise they will be more susceptible to cats, dogs and other predators ... O'Connor said a healthy hen will lay an egg every 26 hours on average, though egg laying can be inconsistent.

Domestic cats, sea life and humans have been infected ... In total Australian authorities culled 1.67 million egg laying hens at those farms in 2024. Another 135,846 birds died of the disease ...

With record high egg prices, should the U.S. vaccinate chickens against bird flu? Any such program would be expensive and logistically difficult.